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Thursday, 8 Feb, 2007 - City of Heroes and City of Villains -- CoH News
CoH Vault Poll - Signature Heros[ 8 Comments ] Print News | Mail News It's about that time! Yep, time for a new poll! In our last poll we asked you fine folks which epic AT you liked better out of the Warshade and PeaceBringer. Not suprisingly, most of the votes went to "Meh, they are the same." But coming runner up, Warshade had the second most votes. This time around we want to know who is your favourite signature hero. There are more than are listed on the poll of course, but wanted to keep the list somewhat small. My fave is ShadowStar but sadly she isn't popular enough to make the list. So place your vote or leave a comment if it didn't make the cut!
Questions for Jack Emmert[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News WarCry.com is asking fans of the City of series to leave their questions for the Statesman himself for their next installment of their "Ask a Dev" interviews. Don't know much about the head honcho himself? You can check out this bio page of the main man to learn more! Be sure to leave your questions in the comment section and they will hopefully get answered next month.
WarCry Interview with Positron[ 2 Comments ] Print News | Mail News WarCry has posted up their monthly interview with Cyrptic Studios and this time they get to fire off a few questions to Matt 'Positron' Miller about some of the possible upcoming changes to the game that people have been wondering about. The interview covers colour customization, server transfers, new Epic AT's and powersets. Here's a snippy:
WarCry [Reighn328]: Are there any plans to, and if so when are they going to, redo the early level content? Over the past two years the mission design has gotten much better, but I'm still running the same old missions I was running when I started. From a new player point of view, I know some of the very early mission doors are deep within red zones. As a new player, I would find that very frustrating, to not even be able to make it to my first mission when I'm still actively trying to learn the game.
Matt Miller: Included with the launch of Issue 8, we revamped Faultline, introducing a whole zone of new content for level 15 to 25 Heroes. Our biggest concern right now is the level 35 to 40 content (for Heroes) and level 40 to 50+ content for both Heroes and Villains. After we address these levels, we will look where the community wants us to focus our attention, and if there is a strong enough voice, then the early level stuff will get looked at again.
City of Heroes Re-Reviewed[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News AFKMagazine.com has posted up their latest issue and within is a re-review of City of Heroes. The review goes into pretty good details about the game and covers a lot of the bases. Along with the review, they also give a nice little side bar that shows you which Issue brought what to the game. You can find the review on pages 48-49 of the flash magazine and you can scroll in on the smaller text with the mouse wheel. You can see how City of Heroes scored in the Re-review from AFK MAgazine right here!
Love is in the air[ 4 Comments ] Print News | Mail News Over on the Training Room, the Valentines Day Event is running all this weekend to give it some testing before going live. The event is just like the Winter Event where missions are handed out through Pocket D and you will get to fight...dun dun dun...Snaptooth once again. For your efforts, rewards seem to be costume pieces such as sandals, laurels and something "hearty" as well as a badge or two for your troubles. I've been trying to log on to the server all morning to snap some pics but to no avail. If you have access to the Test server and want to get an early look at the Valentines Day Event, hop on and give it a spin!
Invention Spoilers[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: City of Heroes It seems there is a wee bug over on the training room that allows you to run the introductory story arc for the invention system. The post on the official forums goes into pretty good details about how to access the missions as well as everything else you need to do to complete the arc. If you don't want to ruin the suprise for when Issue 9 rolls around, don't look! But for everyone else, you can read the dirt right here.
Test Patch Notes - 01/29/07[ 3 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: City of Heroes The test server rolled out one patch to the live server and is now testing another one on the Training Room. This patch that landed on the test server last night fixes a bunch of animation problems as well as rooting and power times. There is also apparently a fix for the cape issue which seemed to be causing a lot of crashes. Here's to hoping it fixes it for everyone like me who crap out every twenty minutes of play. You can read the full test patch notes here.
Topic of the Week - The Grind[ 17 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: City of Heroes Now that the double XP weekend is over, it's time to bring up that age old question: Should leveling be faster in CoX? What about debt? Leave it or totally remove it? To me it seems that leveling for the first 15-20 levels is a good pace but after that it can get so tiresome. Case in point it took me god knows how long to get my 50 there from only 46 or 47. I understand that farming portal missions is the quickest way to ding the last few levels, but seriously why should that be? Even doing it that way is long and tedious. Too long, IMO. Also on the subject of debt, I 'd like to see an option to have all the XP go to paying it off like it does when you are exemped, but without needing to be. Anywhoo...enough rambling, what are your thoughts?
FileFront 14 Day Trial Print News | Mail News | Category: City of Heroes For those of you wondering if you would enjoy City of Heroes, FileFront has an exclusive 14 day trial for you to test out. The 2.25 gig download will allow you to play the game with all the bells and whistles and just in time for the Double XP weekend. What are you waiting for? There's no better time! Grab the incredibly huge file and get playing! Start now and it might be finished by the end of the weekend!
Patch Notes - 01/25/07[ 2 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: City of Heroes When logging on to the servers today, you will find yourself taking a little bit of extra time as a 13 Meg patch is downloaded. The patch was on Test for a pretty short time but seems to be running well enough to release. The patch feature a numerous amount of change and fixes, ranging from mission glitches to power animation faux pas and base rent changes. I hope this is the patch that fixes my crashing and allows me to play more than 20 minutes at a time. For a full list of fixes and changes and all the sweet new features this patch brings to you, you can check out the patch notes on the official site!
February Desktop Calendar[ 4 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: City of Heroes We here at the Vault have whipped up a little CoX cheer to add to your desktops. This is the first in a series of desktop Calendar wallpapers you will be seeing from us. This one is just to give a giggle and show that some heroes have their own priorities, not all of which saving lives comes first. Be on the look out for more wallpapers in the near future from both hero and villain sides of things! Enjoy!
Wednesday 24th January/...NCsoft Europe proudly brings you the the ninth free expansion to the City of Heroes� universe, introducing an entirely new level of depth and gameplay to the franchise.
SUMMARY: Issue 9: Players acquire and invent new items and have the option to buy and sell them using the new hero and villain auction houses. Along with Issue 9's other great features, this brand new system results in a wealth of new gameplay options for players.
FEATURES: Invention System (Heroes and Villains) Using the highly anticipated Invention system, players acquire and collect valuable resources in the form of Salvage and Invention Recipes. These will be used together to invent powerful new enhancements, costume pieces, new powers, gadgets, and more. This creates a world of new possibilities, rewards and even greater character evolution!
Auction Houses (Heroes and Villains) Where better to buy and sell all of these new items than in the new auction houses! Wentworth's Fine Consignments have sprung up throughout Paragon City� while the villains prefer to do their dark dealings alongside �black-market� trucks placed throughout the Rogue Isles�.
Statesman's Task Force (Heroes only) This high-level PvE content allows eight heroes to team up in order to face and defeat Paragon's greatest enemies! Completing this difficult challenge results in some of the game's rarest rewards!
New Hamidon Encounter (Heroes and Villains) Not only do villains get their own end-game raid encounter with the �Hamidon,� but the new experience is also brought to the Heroes side where players must use new tactics to bring down one of the city's greatest threats.
Site Staff Wanted[ 2 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News Hey there guys and guyettes of the CoH Vault. I'm putting out a help wanted sign to see if anyone would be interested in helping out with the site. We could use a hand in updating the site in different areas such as badges, enemies and anything else that new Issues throw at us. I know there used to be a large support staff on the site, but I haven't seen or heard from anyone since I have taken over the reigns. If you are interested in giving the site a helping hand, drop me a line and let me know! You can contact me at cyric@vaultnetwork.com. Thanks!
Topic of the Week - Got a Question?[ 6 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News This week's topic of the week asks you if you have a question for any of the developers of City of Heroes. Just say, hypothetically, that we were conducting an interview with members of the Cryptic Studios team, what are some questions regarding Cityof Heroes that you would like to ask them? Leave your question in a comment and who knows, maybe it will get answered! :)
Issue 9 Overview[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News Warcry.com has posted up a nice little rundown of features that can be expected to arrive in the upcoming Issue 9 :Breakthrough release from the official fact sheet sent out by NcSoft and Cryptic Studios. I suppose our copy was lost in the mail somewhere. Here's a quick list of some of the things that you will see.
Invention System (Heroes and Villains)
Using the highly anticipated Invention system, players acquire and collect "loot" in the form of Salvage and Invention Recipes. These will be used together to invent uber-enhancements, costume pieces, new powers, gadgets, and more. This creates a world of new activities, rewards and character evolution!
Auction Houses (Heroes and Villains)
Where better to buy and sell all of these new items than in the new auction houses! Wentworth's Fine Consignments have sprung up throughout Paragon City� while the villains prefer to do their bidding alongside "black-market" trucks placed throughout the Rogue Isles.
Statesman's Task Force (Heroes only)
This high-level PvE content allows eight heroes to team up in order to face and defeat Paragon's greatest enemies! Completing this difficult challenge results in some of the game's rarest loot!
New Hamidon Encounter (Heroes and Villains)
Not only do villains get their own end-game raid encounter with the "Hamidon," but the new experience is also brought to the Heroes side where players must use new tactics to bring down one of the "City of"s greatest threats.
CoH Vault Poll - War or Peace?[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News In this week's poll, we are asking you loyal visitors what you think the best epic archetype is. Do you like the light of the Peace Bringer or the funky purple of the War Shade? Or do you think they are too similar to really care. Hit the poll and let us know! As for our last poll, we asked if you guys and guyettes thought there should be unique holiday events for each the heroes and villains side. The majority of votes said yes, that there should be. I agree, but then again, it's just more work for the developers. Ah well :)
Double XP Weekend is Coming[ 15 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News Word from the official COH website is that there will be another Double XP weekend event coming January 26th - January 28th. For all those that want to get those toons bumped up a few levels pretty quick, here's your chance! here's the official word.
Gather your teams and get ready! Shape up your soloing prowess! Get those eager sidekicks in line! It's time to clean up and cash in!
Another Double Experience Weekend looms on the horizon! Mark January 26th to the 28th on your calendar because you won't want to miss it! All weekend long, experience, infamy/influence and prestige rewards will be doubled! It's time to level up!
New Patch on Test Server[ 3 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News For those of you who care to frollick around on the Test Server, you'll notice that there is a new patch there. The patch includes some changes such as Base Rent Overhauled, Taunt and Gauntlet corrections, Double XP Testing During the Weekend of Jan. 13th and 14th and Notification of Team Enhancement Drops. Oooo funky stuff! Guess that means we can look forward to another Double XP weekend coming up soon. I sure hope so. Maybe THEN I will be able to get my blaster to 50...finally. For the full list of changes and updates on the test server, you can read the patch notes right here.
Jack Emmert Interview[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News MMORPG.com had a chance to fire off some questions to Cryptic Studios and City of Heroes head honcho, Jack 'Statesman' Emmert. The interview covers the release timetable of the upcoming issue releases for the year, his thoughts on issue 8, the end of the City of Heroes comic book and much more. Be sure to check out the interview and see what the main man himself has to say!
